If you're looking for interiors with a certain movie star panache, Jan Showers has them in spades. The Texas interior designer's sleek, boldly colored rooms hark back to 20th-century style sensations, from Hollywood of the 1930s to jet-set villas of the 1960s. A dozen of her choice commissions are on display in Glamorous Retreats (Abrams, $50), a new book packed with zebra-stripe upholstery, Venetian-glass accents, and acres of antiqued mirror.

In an apartment in the W Residences in Dallas, Jan Showers decorated the living-dining space sparely but with furnishings flaunting bold colors: over the yellow-satin-covered chairs hangs an purple chandelier. Photo: Jeff McNamara, courtesy of Abrams Books

One sunlit living-dining area in Dallas combines a purple glass chandelier and furniture clad in lemon-yellow and snow-white, while an entrance hall in Toronto has walls drenched in jet-black lacquer and a jazzy black-and-white floor that Dorothy Draper would envy. In short, Showers's martini-ready aesthetic makes every home a cocktail party waiting to happen.

For clients in Toronto, Jan Showers altered the colors of the neutral-tone entrance to better blend with the existing floor. The walls and ceiling are now lacquered high-gloss black, accented by gilt-wood mirrors, custom-made demilune tables, and golden Murano-glass lamps. Photo: Jeff McNamara, courtesy of Abrams Books

On October 1, at New York’s D&D Building, AD editor in chief Margaret Russell introduces Showers at an event celebrating the designer, the book, and her superchic style. Click here if you’d like to attend.